When: Fall 2012, TR 9:35-10:50pm
Where: Keck FEL 328
Textbook: "Stellar Interiors" by Hansen, Kawaler, & Trimble (Springer - second edition)
| Other helpful books: | "Stellar Structure and Evolution" by Kippenhahn & Weigert (Springer). |
| "Principles of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis" by Clayton (Chicago Press) |
Syllabus and Course Info: syllabus
Preprint Archive: http://arXiv.org/list/astro-ph/recent
Lecture Slides: slides
Week 1: August 23
| Topics: | The equations of stellar structure |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 1 |
| Links: | Solar Dynamic Observatory movies: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/ |
Week 2: August 28 - 30
| Topics: | The equations of stellar structure, basic observations of stars, spectral classification. |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 1 |
| Assignment: |
Problem set #1 due Thursday, September 13: Problem Set 1
For the problem set, you will need these files: cluster.dat BV_filters.dat star1 star2 star10 star12 star13 |
Week 3: September 4-6
| Topics: | HR diagram, stellar populations, measuring stellar properties |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 1 |
Week 4: September 11-13
| Topics: | Measuring stellar properties, the Virial Theorem and applications |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 3 |
Week 5: September 18-20
| Topics: | The Virial theorem and aplications. Equations of State. |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 3 |
| Assignment: | Problem set #2 due Tuesday, October 9: Problem Set 2 |
Week 6: October 2
| Topics: | Boltzmann & Saha Equations |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 3 |
Week 7: October 9-11
| Topics: | Thermodynmics of Gas |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 3 |
Week 8: October 16-18
| Topics: | Polytropes, Radiative Transfer |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 7, 4 |
| Assignment: | Problem set #3 due Tuesday, October 30: Problem Set 3 |
Week 9: October 25
| Topics: | Radiative transfer |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 4 |
Week 10: October 30 - November 1
| Topics: | Opacity Sources, Convection |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 4, 5 |
| Assignment: |
Problem Set #4 due Tuesday, November 13: Problem Set 4
For this problem set, you will need the OPAL opacity table for X=0.7,Y=0.28: OPAL_X0.7_Y0.28, as well as this file: stellar_profile.dat |
Week 11: November 6-8
| Topics: | Convection, Nuclear energy generation |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 5, 6 |
Week 12: November 13-15
| Topics: | Nuclear reactions |
| Reading: | HKT, chapter 6 |
| Assignment: | Problem Set #5 due Tuesday, November 27: Problem Set 5 |
Final Project due Tuesday, December 11: Final Project